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Any petroleum used in their production is subsidized by the petrodollar economy, though
Electric is definitely about as bad as gas for mowing a lawn. The gas you’re not using is just being used by someone else, if not more, because you’re helping subsidize the petrodollar economy by paying orders of magnitude higher cost for batteries+motors+solar power than you would pay for a push mower or probably even a gas-powered mower. But you also have to factor in the other environmental damage from manufacturing and shipping the batteries and solar panels which you make it really difficult to avoid by demanding the mower be electrified, whereas if the mower was push-powered it would be up to suppliers whether they feel like wasting their fuel shipping it across the planet or just manufacturing it with materials found closer to you
I don’t think I trust the studies saying human power is worse tbh. Cultivating food uses CO2, cows eat plants before we eat them, the plants drink CO2 from the air. Lawnmower takes power out of the ground and injects pollution in the air. Scythe has to be better
I thought a push mower might help but some studies say it might be worse. I guess the recommendation is to plant something other than grass that naturally stays good to walk on, maybe? I’m still learning about this myself
Pretty sure the mowing is the exact problem. Can’t remember if it’s solved by using an old school push-powered mower or something
Edit - after looking into it, seems like push mowers don’t help because Americans eating meat will cause as much pollution pushing a mower as using gas? Not sure
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Technology@lemmy.world•On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not.English
121·1 year agoThere is precedent. Hitler was taken out by a pretty big fascism enabler
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Technology@lemmy.world•New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It SoundsEnglish
2·1 year agoAt least they work as a quick visual cue that a car is designed with zero utilitarians in the room
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Technology@lemmy.world•New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It SoundsEnglish
2·1 year agoIdk, “off the shelf parts” seemed pretty clear
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Technology@lemmy.world•New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It SoundsEnglish
31·1 year agoTop ranked for the people inside the cars. Not so safe for the people mining the material to replace cars that get totaled, etc. but most people don’t give enough of a fuck to count anyone but the occupants of the car
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Technology@lemmy.world•New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It SoundsEnglish
22·1 year agoYour comment is giga based because it doesn’t let the overton window get shifted by being too suggestible.
Your brain still went where logic goes, not where was suggested. So important at times like this.



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